“Shut The Box!”
Match: 23
/ 603
Lost
by 48 runs
|
Team |
Total |
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Shotley Peninsula CC |
167 - 4 |
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J. Hoskins
2 - 39 |
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FFTMCC |
119 - 7 |
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R. Hadfield
33*, A. Darley 22 |
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Righty-oh, got your tablets? And your glasses? No,
the other glasses, your going
away ones. So, with bags (cricket and holiday) packed and brownie points
cashed in, it’s off to Ipswich we go. Winning in the car sharing stakes were Russ and
Gary, sharing with JMO who provided some lovely Instagramable
pizza for the journey. Losing was Spam, waiting for Mike and team Geoff,
trying to navigate their way out of the Oxford LTN’s. Matt was providing a
forwarding party, sussing out the local drinking options.
Upon arrival the differences in accommodation
started to become apparent. Gary had trouble finding the right floor of the
EasyJet hotel, then the right room. Returning to reception to confirm that it
was his room and not in fact a prison cell. Commenting that you get more leg
room on one of their flights didn’t go down well. All safely arrived, The MAD convened in the Spread Eagle pub where they were already down to the last
two sausage rolls, quickly snaffled by Lucan and Jan who had missed out on
the pizza lottery earlier. The afternoon was passed playing ‘shut the box’ a
pastime of which I am very familiar. The object is to close the numbers 1-9
on a wooden box using one or two dice. Did I mention that I also did
Statistics at A Level, albeit 35 years ago. These two facts made me an
absolute shoe-in as resident expert on which numbers to shut (always the
highest possible in case you’re interested) and whether to use one or two
dice (always one if the total left is six or less, in case you’re still
reading by this point). It was therefore a considerable annoyance that fucking amateurs eschewed this advice and still managed to
shut the box at regular intervals while I sat there in impotent rage waiting
for my numbers to come up.
By this point there were 12 tourists present and
with Geoff feeling under the weather the team had picked itself. However,
with this being tour it was still necessary to conduct a protracted and
complex team picking process to see who ‘would’ have been in the team if it
hadn’t already been decided. I’ve no idea who lost out in this lottery, it
was all immaterial. Jake was on point as always and had arranged taxi’s to take us the 20ish minutes from the Premier Inn
to the ground. During the journey Matt AND Darley somehow managed to leave
their phones in the cabs, with hilarity and return trips ensuing.
Shotley Peninsula is a lovely ground
and our hosts were wonderful. They first offered us a cap as a memento of our
visit, which we somewhat dissed by turning it into the ‘dropped catch
forfeit’ hat. All we had in return was a copy of the book from five years
ago. In charge for the evening in his debut tour was
debut MAD skipper Lucan (Hadfield). His first act in charge was to lose the
toss, although whether anything was actually flipped
is open to question. Anyway, Shotley were batting. He was an enthusiastic
captain, even getting us into a huddle at one point.
Darley whacking one.
I don’t remember too much of the game itself. JMO (4-0-39-2)
picked up a couple of wickets, but otherwise got pasted around. Gary had an
absolute mare, going for 42 in 3 overs and dropping a couple of catches, but
he did pick up a wicket. Howarth, Rundle, Darley and
Reeves were all wicketless. Shotley scored 167 in their 20 overs
and rarely have we been on the receiving end of such a battering, but somehow
it didn’t feel like that. They went about their business is a quiet,
non-flashy, non-boastful way. It was a pleasure to get carted in such a way. There were a few highlights to The MAD reply. A
quick fire 22 off 19 deliveries from opener Darley. Jan hitting his first MAD
six off his first ball. JMO picking up a Golden but also MOTM. Captain
Hadfield anchoring the innings before retiring unbeaten on 33. Reeves and
Timms putting on an unbeaten closing stand of 19, where extras top scored and
Timms didn’t score a run.
Remarkably, Spam captured
the moment Webster twatted his first ball for six …
though can’t remember taking it. So, we lost by 48 runs, but again it didn’t feel
like that. Shotley then provided a barbeque and organized a game of ‘drink
half a pint, spin around the stump before trying to run and falling over.’
They refused payment for any of this. Thank you, thank you, thank you, to our
brilliant hosts, you were great guys and we’ll try
to repay some of your generosity if you’re ever touring near Oxford.
Jake yet again did some fantastic organising to get
three taxis to take us back to Ipswich although I’m glad I’d had a few pints
by this point as the drive was hair raising to say the least. Back in Ipswich
we headed to the Briarbank for more shut the box.
One dice, I’m telling you, it’s one dice. ’Reevsie’
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Statto Scorecards
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Far From the MCC versus Shotley
Peninsula CC Played at Tattingstone Playing Field,
3 August 2023 Shotley Peninsula CC won the toss and
elected to bat Shotley Peninsula CC won by 48 runs Far from the MCC debuts: n/a |
23 / 603 20 over match |
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Team |
Shotley Peninsula CC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
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1 |
G. Symes
*† |
c Darley b Hoskins |
1 |
(2) |
- |
- |
1-2 |
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2 |
C.
O'Connell |
retired |
32 |
(19) |
5 |
1 |
2-26 |
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3 |
R.
Dearing |
c Hadfield b Hoskins |
4 |
(12) |
- |
- |
3-52 |
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4 |
T. Smith |
retired |
31 |
(19) |
1 |
2 |
4-158 |
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5 |
R. Dean |
c Hotson b Timms |
0 |
(5) |
- |
- |
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6 |
J.
Windsor |
retired |
31 |
(12) |
4 |
2 |
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|
7 |
J. Moore |
run out (Hadfield) |
21 |
(28) |
1 |
1 |
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8 |
M. Nunn |
retired |
30 |
(20) |
4 |
1 |
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9 |
J.
Tooley |
not out |
1 |
(4) |
- |
- |
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10 |
A. Carr |
not out |
0 |
(3) |
- |
- |
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11 |
L. Mandley |
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Extras |
NB4, LB6, B6 |
16 |
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TOTAL |
(for 4 wickets, 20 overs) |
167 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Hoskins |
4 |
0 |
39 |
2 |
9.75 |
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2 |
Howarth |
4 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
4.00 |
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3 |
Timms |
3 |
0 |
42 |
1 |
14.00 |
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4 |
Rundle |
3 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
7.67 |
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5 |
Darley |
3 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
7.67 |
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6 |
Reeves |
3 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
6.00 |
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Team |
Far From the MCC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
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1 |
A.
Darley |
c & b Carr |
22 |
(19) |
5 |
- |
1-25 |
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2 |
M.
Bullock |
c Symes |
1 |
(13) |
- |
- |
2-25 |
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3 |
J. vdG.
Webster |
c Nunn b Tooley |
18 |
(25) |
1 |
1 |
3-74 |
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4 |
R. J. T.
Hadfield * |
retired |
33 |
(29) |
- |
- |
4-77 |
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5 |
R. P.
Turner |
b Nunn |
1 |
(2) |
- |
- |
5-77 |
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6 |
J. D.
Hoskins |
c & b Nunn |
0 |
(1) |
- |
- |
6-98 |
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7 |
I.
Howarth |
b Smith |
8 |
(11) |
1 |
- |
7-100 |
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8 |
M. S.
Rundle |
c Smith b Windsor |
2 |
(7) |
- |
- |
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9 |
M. K.
Reeves |
not out |
9 |
(12) |
2 |
- |
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10 |
G. J.
Timms |
not out |
0 |
(7) |
- |
- |
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11 |
J. C. W.
Hotson † |
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Extras |
NB6, W5, LB1, B13 |
25 |
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TOTAL |
(for 7 wickets, 20 overs) |
119 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Mandley |
3 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
2.00 |
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2 |
Carr |
4 |
0 |
42 |
1 |
10.50 |
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3 |
Moore |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1.50 |
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4 |
Dean |
2 |
0 |
15 |
1 |
7.50 |
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5 |
Tooley |
2 |
0 |
13 |
1 |
6.50 |
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6 |
Nunn |
2 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
4.00 |
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7 |
Deering |
1 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7.00 |
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8 |
Windsor |
2 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
3.50 |
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9 |
Smith |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
3.00 |
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10 |
O’Connell |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.00 |
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MOTM: J. D. Hoskins Champagne Moment: J. vdG. Webster’s
maximum off his first ball! Buffet Award: G. J. Timms’ wholesome pies and cheap gravy (no knife and fork) MAD
Moment: A. Darley & M. Bullock starring in phonegate (mobiles
left in taxis) |
Opposition:
V131 / 001 Ground: G116 / 001 Captain: C034 / 001 Match No: 20 / 179 |